Coffee Life

It’s nearly everyone’s favorite spooky time of the year again! As people dress up and get into the Halloween spirit, why not give your favorite coffee drinks the same festive trickery and treatment? There’s no better excuse to play mad scientist and perform delicious little experiments with your favorite blends of coffee and espresso. Below, we’ve got six wicked delicious Halloween coffee recipes that should serve as inspiration so you can whip up some creative coffee treats that are scary good!

France has been an important contributor to coffee culture over the years, making terms like café au lait and café du jouras indispensable as the almighty croissant. And it was in France that, during the 1850s, an early version of the French Press (which is called a cafetière in French) was patented — although Italian designers Attilio Calimano and Giulio Moneta came up with their own version in the 1920s. The device is still commonly used in 2021, but it is important to understand how to use a French Press correctly.

When it comes to preparing coffee, many seasoned baristas have an unbreakable rule: use whole-bean coffee exclusively, and never purchase pre-ground coffee. This requires more effort and more work, as the beans have to be ground up before the coffee can be brewed. But baristas who refuse to touch pre-ground coffee are quick to emphasize that when their coffee beans aren’t ground up until they are ready to start brewing, the result is much fresher-tasting coffee. The options for grinding coffee beans include blade grinders and burr grinders, and baristas who insist on only using burr grinders have strong feelings about the choice they have made.